John Bartholomew (chess player)

John David Bartholomew [1] (born September 5, 1986) is an American chess player and International Master.[2] As of 2020, he resides in Minnesota.

John Bartholomew
CountryUnited States
TitleInternational Master
FIDE rating2446 (February 2021)
Peak rating2477 (March 2018)

Chess career

In 2002, Bartholomew won the National High School Chess Championship, and in 2006 became an IM. After leaving law school, he became the coach of David Floeder, a middle school student who won the National K-12 U.S. Chess Federation Championship in 2012.[3][4] Bartholomew earned his first grandmaster norm at the Saint Louis Classic in 2013.[5] He is a four-time winner of the Okoboji Open.[6]

He has a dedicated YouTube channel of instructional chess videos and was once described as "probably the most famous chess YouTuber of them all".[7] He is the co-founder with David Kramaley of Chessable, a chess education website dedicated to learning chess openings in a systematic manner.[8] The project was launched in November 2015 and the website was officially launched on February 22, 2016.[9][10] In September 2019, the company joined forces with an existing merger of Play Magnus and Chess24.com.[11]

In 2019, Bartholomew was inducted into the Minnesota Chess Hall of Fame.[12]

References
  1. FamilySearch record
  2. Van Abbema, Alex. "Minnesota's international chess star reaches bigger audience with online venture", The Star Tribune, May 13, 2017.
  3. "Chess champ: St. Paul youth rising through the ranks". Pioneer Press. 9 January 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  4. "Bloomington Student Wins National Chess Tournament". CBS Minnesota. 7 January 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  5. "Johnny B. Good for a GM Norm". US Chess Federation. 2 December 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  6. Anzis, Hank (2 May 2014). "Bartholomew Wins 2014 Okoboji Open". US Chess Federation. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  7. "Can you topple the king of You-Tube? Chessable's IM John Bartholomew is back". Battersea Chess Club. 17 November 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  8. Angelini, Daniel (1 May 2017). "Chess fan creates online way to learn and improve your moves". Swindon Advertiser. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  9. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7oX2-9HgLI
  10. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcSRMntPsZQ
  11. "Chessable joins the Play Magnus chess24 family". chess24.com. 2019-09-03. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  12. https://www.chesscastle.com/chess-chatter/hall-of-fame-1


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